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The 487th Bomb Group of the 8th AF in the E.T.O.


487th Bombardment Group (H)
Assigned Eighth AF: April 1944

Wing & Command Assignments

3rd BD, 92 CBW:     05.04.1944
3rd BD,  4 BW(P):   22.11.1944
3rd AD,  4 BW(P):   01.01.1945
3rd AD,  4 CBW:     16.02.1945


Bombardment Squadrons (H):
	836th      2G
	837th      4F
	838th      2C
	839th      R5

Combat Aircraft:
B-24 H (Block 15) till 19.07.1944
B-24 J till 19.07.1944
B-17 G (Block 75-BO) from 01.08.1944

Stations:

• Lavenham, Suffolk; 04.04.1944 to 24.08.1945

Group COs:

• Lt.Col. Bernie Lay Jr.; 28.02.1944 to 11.05.1944, MIA
• Col. Robert Taylor III; 12.05.1944 to 27.12.1944
• Col. William K. Martin; 28.12.1944 to 05.1945
• Col. Nicholas T. Perkins; 03.06.1945 to 08.1945
• Lt.Col. Howard C. Todt; 05.1945 to 02.06.1945 temp. CO

Facts:

First Mission:    07.05.1944
Last Mission:     21.04.1945
Total Missions:   185 (of which 46 with B-24)
Bomb Tonnage:     14,041 tons
A/C MIA:          48
Other Losses:     37
Major Awards:     none